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As referenced in Parliament · CNA

Named in the Committee of Supply debate on financial literacy in schools.

In the 2025 Committee of Supply debate, NMP Ong Hua Han cited organisations like The Volunteer Switchboard — who partner with corporates to run financial-literacy workshops for ITE students — as a model worth formalising and funding to widen youth outreach.

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In the Press

CommunityLianhe Zaobao
Jun 2026

爱心日用品流动车再启动 3000户武吉甘柏家庭获50元生活物资援助

At Bukit Gombak Cares, SMS Low Yen Ling joins volunteers to hand out essentials to 3,000 families — and launches our newest storybook, 《小手传温情》. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
Our FounderThe Pride
Apr 2026 · by our founder

When children practise kindness beyond the home

Our founder Li Woon on children who volunteer alongside adults — like Brandon at the kopi stall, and Clarence, who began at nine — and how they learn to turn intention into action.

Read on The Pride
Lianhe ZaobaoOur Founder
2024

感慨独居者无人探望 义工出书教儿童善德

VSB founder Li Woon receives the Singapore Kindness Movement’s inaugural Stickability Award — from a team of six to 6,000+ volunteers over ten years. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
CommunityLianhe Zaobao
Mar 2020

王瑞杰：有信心抗疫后人民变更强大

DPM Heng Swee Keat on how Singaporeans — including ground-up volunteers — would emerge stronger and more united from the pandemic. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
CommunityThe Pride
Mar 2020

Singaporeans stand together to Overcome as One

A team of joggers in bright blue VSB tees spent their morning bringing cheer to neighbours around Our Tampines Hub.

Read on The Pride
CNA InsiderCommunity
Feb 2020

Pulling together in creative ways, to better feed food-insecure Singaporeans

How ground-up groups are rethinking the way food reaches families who need it — matching what is given to what is actually needed.

Read on CNA Insider
CNA InsiderCommunity
Feb 2020

Why in a cheap food paradise, some Singaporeans are still going hungry

A closer look at hunger and poverty here, and the volunteers working to close the gap for families who fall through the cracks.

Read on CNA Insider
CommunityThe Straits Time
Sep 2019

Donated food gone to waste sparks debate on the efforts of volunteers

A viral post on mismatched donations opened a wider conversation on giving people what they truly need — a principle at the heart of our work.

Read on The Straits Time
CommunityThe Pride
Apr 2019

A ground-up movement empowering seniors through kopi and conversation

Over breakfast at the hawker centre, volunteers and seniors — strangers at first — build real friendship through our Kopi Teh or Mooi sessions.

Read on The Pride
Berita HarianCommunity
Mar 2019

Hilang daya pendengaran tidak halang semangat sukarelawan

A VSB volunteer who found purpose and community despite losing his hearing. (Malay — “Hearing loss doesn’t dampen a volunteer’s spirit.”)

Read on Berita Harian
Our FounderThe New Paper
Dec 2018

Singapore Kindness Movement at 21: “Without kindness, society will fall apart”

VSB founder Li Woon on why small gestures of kindness send big signals about who we are and what we care about.

Read on The New Paper
CommunityThe Pride
Jun 2016

Connecting good people to great causes

How a volunteering initiative that began quietly in the office grew into The Volunteer Switchboard.

Read on The Pride
AsiaOneCommunity
Feb 2015

60 volunteers distribute food items to Jalan Kukoh’s residents

VSB partners the Singapore Kindness Movement for a pre-Chinese New Year distribution under Project Home Sweet Home.

Read on AsiaOne
Our FounderThe Straits Time
Dec 2014

Causes Week 2014: Food pack scheme feeds the body and soul

Founder Li Woon Churdboonchart on rethinking food distribution so recipients receive what they truly need.

Read on The Straits Time
CommunityLianhe Zaobao
Jun 2026

爱心日用品流动车再启动 3000户武吉甘柏家庭获50元生活物资援助

At Bukit Gombak Cares, SMS Low Yen Ling joins volunteers to hand out essentials to 3,000 families — and launches our newest storybook, 《小手传温情》. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
CommunityLianhe Zaobao
Mar 2020

王瑞杰：有信心抗疫后人民变更强大

DPM Heng Swee Keat on how Singaporeans — including ground-up volunteers — would emerge stronger and more united from the pandemic. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
CommunityThe Pride
Mar 2020

Singaporeans stand together to Overcome as One

A team of joggers in bright blue VSB tees spent their morning bringing cheer to neighbours around Our Tampines Hub.

Read on The Pride
CNA InsiderCommunity
Feb 2020

Pulling together in creative ways, to better feed food-insecure Singaporeans

How ground-up groups are rethinking the way food reaches families who need it — matching what is given to what is actually needed.

Read on CNA Insider
CNA InsiderCommunity
Feb 2020

Why in a cheap food paradise, some Singaporeans are still going hungry

A closer look at hunger and poverty here, and the volunteers working to close the gap for families who fall through the cracks.

Read on CNA Insider
CommunityThe Straits Time
Sep 2019

Donated food gone to waste sparks debate on the efforts of volunteers

A viral post on mismatched donations opened a wider conversation on giving people what they truly need — a principle at the heart of our work.

Read on The Straits Time
CommunityThe Pride
Apr 2019

A ground-up movement empowering seniors through kopi and conversation

Over breakfast at the hawker centre, volunteers and seniors — strangers at first — build real friendship through our Kopi Teh or Mooi sessions.

Read on The Pride
Berita HarianCommunity
Mar 2019

Hilang daya pendengaran tidak halang semangat sukarelawan

A VSB volunteer who found purpose and community despite losing his hearing. (Malay — “Hearing loss doesn’t dampen a volunteer’s spirit.”)

Read on Berita Harian
CommunityThe Pride
Jun 2016

Connecting good people to great causes

How a volunteering initiative that began quietly in the office grew into The Volunteer Switchboard.

Read on The Pride
AsiaOneCommunity
Feb 2015

60 volunteers distribute food items to Jalan Kukoh’s residents

VSB partners the Singapore Kindness Movement for a pre-Chinese New Year distribution under Project Home Sweet Home.

Read on AsiaOne
Our FounderThe Pride
Apr 2026 · by our founder

When children practise kindness beyond the home

Our founder Li Woon on children who volunteer alongside adults — like Brandon at the kopi stall, and Clarence, who began at nine — and how they learn to turn intention into action.

Read on The Pride
Lianhe ZaobaoOur Founder
2024

感慨独居者无人探望 义工出书教儿童善德

VSB founder Li Woon receives the Singapore Kindness Movement’s inaugural Stickability Award — from a team of six to 6,000+ volunteers over ten years. (Chinese)

Read on Lianhe Zaobao
Our FounderThe New Paper
Dec 2018

Singapore Kindness Movement at 21: “Without kindness, society will fall apart”

VSB founder Li Woon on why small gestures of kindness send big signals about who we are and what we care about.

Read on The New Paper
Our FounderThe Straits Time
Dec 2014

Causes Week 2014: Food pack scheme feeds the body and soul

Founder Li Woon Churdboonchart on rethinking food distribution so recipients receive what they truly need.

Read on The Straits Time

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